Lucid Hydra 200: Vendor Agnostic Multi-GPU, Available in 30 Days

mindx2 · 09-24-2009, 06:35 AM

AnandTech: Lucid Hydra 200: Vendor Agnostic Multi-GPU, Available in 30 Days

I must have missed this one. This sounds pretty darn exciting and would change the way people buy their video cards.

[EDIT] Mmindx2; this is such an interesting topic! thank you for posting it... I've decided to put it up on the front page... zapionics<alt>

here's some further information:

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Unveiled this week at IDF 2009 in Lucid booth 213, the Intel Core i5 and i7 processors and matching P55 platform (codenamed Lynnfield) with HYDRA is the first to be graphics flexible, allowing for mixing and matching of GPUs in any configuration. It gives OEMS, consumer gamers and game developers the ultimate freedom to choose the computing components they want and need.

More information here

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jaketerminate · 09-24-2009, 11:56 AM

Exciting stuff! I'm glad they finally implemented this kind of technology into a mainstream mobo.

Ive always dreamed about taking those dusty 'ol Nvidia 5200's and firing them up along side a big daddy.

I will def. check this out in the coming weeks.

*johnrr6* · 09-25-2009, 09:43 AM

Nvidia and ATI must just HATE this!!!

Use older graphics cards to your hearts content.....of ANY manufacture----what a concept.....

There will be a lot of manuevering going on with mobo maunufacturers and the big boy graphics card makers----if this works as claimed....

polonyc2 · 09-25-2009, 02:40 PM

what would really impress me is if you had the ability to mix and match different cards from different GPU manufacturer's...meaning mixing ATI and Nvidia together...now that would be awesome indeed...when I saw the first post in this thread I actually thought that was the case with this Lucid Hydra chip

*johnrr6* · 09-26-2009, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by polonyc2

what would really impress me is if you had the ability to mix and match different cards from different GPU manufacturer's...meaning mixing ATI and Nvidia together...now that would be awesome indeed...when I saw the first post in this thread I actually thought that was the case with this Lucid Hydra chip

OK----I'm confused----I thought that is what we were talking about----mixing ANY manufacture....

So it only does same manufacture of cards???

polonyc2 · 09-26-2009, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by johnrr6

OK----I'm confused----I thought that is what we were talking about----mixing ANY manufacture....

So it only does same manufacture of cards???

I skimmed through the article the first time...apparently they did indeed state that 'eventually' you will be able to mix ATI + Nvidia but not initially...so that is pretty cool

*zapionics<alt>* · 09-26-2009, 07:42 PM

I dont know if its all as rosy as it seems... for instance I have a concern about power management as an SLI or crossfire solution usually includes power management of the second card at idle (ie: reduced clocks)... whereas this solution might not be able to implement that?

Pretty exciting concept tho...

09-24-2009, 11:56 AM	#2
jaketerminate Maximum Post Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mordor Posts: 919	Re: Lucid Hydra 200: Vendor Agnostic Multi-GPU, Available in 30 Days Exciting stuff! I'm glad they finally implemented this kind of technology into a mainstream mobo. Ive always dreamed about taking those dusty 'ol Nvidia 5200's and firing them up along side a big daddy. I will def. check this out in the coming weeks. __________________ "Mozart" Rig #1 Case: Thermaltake Mozart TX Mobo: Asus P5N-E CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4ghz Memory: 4GB (2x 2GB) G.Skill DDR2 Hard Drive: 320 GB Western Digital 7200 RPM Video Card: EVGA Nvidia 9800GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) Power Supply: 600W OCZ StealthXStream OS: Windows XP Homee Edition and Ubuntu Linux x64 Monitor: 22" Westinghouse LCD and 2 Dell CRTs HP G60t CPU: Intel Pentium 2.0ghz Memory: 4GB Hard Drive: 250GB 5400RPM GPU: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7000 Beta + Ubuntu Linux HP Pavillion tx 2000z Tablet CPU: AMD Turion x2 2.1Ghz Memory: 3GB Hard Drive: 250GB 5400RPM GPU: ATI Radeon 3200 64mb OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7000 Beta 1TB Seagate External Backup Drive
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09-25-2009, 09:43 AM	#3
johnrr6 Lucky Amateur Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,094	Re: Lucid Hydra 200: Vendor Agnostic Multi-GPU, Available in 30 Days Nvidia and ATI must just HATE this!!! Use older graphics cards to your hearts content.....of ANY manufacture----what a concept..... There will be a lot of manuevering going on with mobo maunufacturers and the big boy graphics card makers----if this works as claimed.... __________________ i7 920 @ 3.5 Ghz Win 7 Ultimate Edition 64 Bit Asus P6T Deluxe, BIOS 1904 Vigor Monsoon III LT 6 x 2 Gig Mushkin PC12800 ATI HD 4870 X2 2 x 500 Gig Seagate SATA II HDs in RAID 0 Samsung SATA TruDirect DVD Burner w/Lightscribe Seasonic 600W PSU Creative X-Fi Titanium sound Lian Li AO5B Black Case Hauppage 1800 TV Card
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09-25-2009, 02:40 PM	#4
polonyc2 Banned? Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 8,197	what would really impress me is if you had the ability to mix and match different cards from different GPU manufacturer's...meaning mixing ATI and Nvidia together...now that would be awesome indeed...when I saw the first post in this thread I actually thought that was the case with this Lucid Hydra chip __________________ ASUS Maximus Formula (X38) *** XFX GTX 260 Black Edition Core 216 896MB Intel E8400 * Noctua NH-U12P G.Skill 4 GB (2 X 2 GB) DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 * Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB WD6401AALS Lian Li PC-A70B (black) * Corsair HX850W AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 * Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speakers Sony Optiarc AD-7240S-0B * Sony GDM-F520 21' CRT monitor (19.8' viewable) Vista Business 64-bit w/SP2 * standard 3.5" floppy drive Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 *** Microsoft Wired Keyboard 500 (Black)
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09-26-2009, 07:42 PM	#7
zapionics<alt> <unknown level> Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AUSTRALIA Posts: 4,041	Re: Lucid Hydra 200: Vendor Agnostic Multi-GPU, Available in 30 Days I dont know if its all as rosy as it seems... for instance I have a concern about power management as an SLI or crossfire solution usually includes power management of the second card at idle (ie: reduced clocks)... whereas this solution might not be able to implement that? Pretty exciting concept tho... __________________ * Please note: any advertising within this post has been placed there by the site owner and NOT by me! * "To Boldly Go..."
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